Neural networks for the analysis of small pulmonary nodules

Clinical Imaging

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 390-399

  Henschke, Claudia I ^a   Yankelevitz, David F ^a   Mateescu, Ion ^a   Brettle, Dean W ^b   Rainey, Timothy G ^b   Weingard, Fred S ^b  

^a NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial intelligence neural net techniques; Lung cancer; Nodule classification

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LUNG CANCER; LUNG NODULE; NEEDLE BIOPSY;

EID: 0030729353     PISSN: 08997071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0899-7071(97)81731-7     Document Type: Article

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